756 AUSTRALIAN AND TASMANIAN PSELAPHID^E, 



The long eighth joint of the antennae of the male readily dis- 

 tinguishes it from all other species known to me. C. Andersoni 

 (certainly described from a male) has the eighth joint of the same- 

 length; but the species is described as about twice the lengtli of 

 the present one, and is the largest as yet recorded from Australia. 



Narcodes taria King. 



A cotype of this species is before me; its front trochanters are 

 obtusely tuberculated, scarcely armed, and its ventral segments 

 are convex, so it is probably a female. The front angles of its 

 prothorax appear from some directions as small subconical tuber- 

 cles. King says " angulis anticis acutis " and again " the angles 

 in front being acute." In his figure however(Plate v., fig.l) the 

 apices are not shown as acute as in my specimen, and the elytra 

 are figured as considerably longer than they really are*. King 

 described N. pulchra as a different species, but afterwards(p.l06^ 

 stated it was the male of N. varia; he did not, however, describe 

 the abdomen, nor the armature of its legs. 



A specimen from Mount Kosciusko agrees fairly well with 

 King's description of N. pulchra, and with his figure of the palpi 

 (Plate v., fig. 2a), except that the joints are more inflated towards 

 the apex and thinner towards the base. The colour, however, 

 is not as described " Fumosus, niaculis nigris irregularibus " but. 

 is of an almost uniform dingy brown; this, however, may be im- 

 material. Its front trochanters are large, and each has a strong, 

 tooth directed outwards and about the size of that on the femur, 

 which is rather larger than on the cotype of N. varia. Its ventral 

 segments are somewhat flattened along middle, and the second is- 

 shallowjy transversely impressed. 



Narcodes nigriventris, n.sp. (Plate xxi., fig. 6). 



(J. Black, head and prothorax dark brown, elytra and Jeg.s red- 

 dish castaneous, but club and femora more or less infuscated. 

 Clotlied with short and pale, but rather stiff pubescence. 



*Iii a later note, however, he states that the figure is unsatisfactory. 



